Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) News, 2024-2025

January 10, 2025: Coastal Radars donated by Japan will also be installed in Batanes

The Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Romeo Brawner Junior recently said that they intend to install the Coastal Surveillance Radars that Japan is donating to the Philippines on various Waterways around the Country, which includes the Island Province of Batanes. 

Installing Radars there will allow the Philippines to monitor the "Bashi Channel" which is between Batanes and Taiwan. Brawner also added that in the Event of War in Taiwan happens, they intend to evacuate Filipinos working in Taiwan to Batanes. 

Here is the Link to “The Mainichi” Website: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250110/p2g/00m/0in/006000c 

SOURCE: Philippines to equip Province near Taiwan with Japan-supplied Radars {Archived Link}

January 14, 2025: AFP should allow “The Wayback Machine” to access their Websites also

Dear Philippine Army (PA), and also the rest of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Please exclude “The Wayback Machine (TWM)” Website from your Firewalls, this is so your Documents, Web Pages, etc. can be backed up there also. 

Currently, because of your Website Settings, whenever I try to back up a Page or Document at TWM, it is being blocked. TWM is a non-Profit, Digital Archive Website which aims to back up as much of the Internet as possible for future Generations to see and access, so I hope you allow it to archive the Public Information that you share also.  

Here is the Link to the TWM Web Archive: https://web.archive.org/ 

SOURCE: The Wayback Machine Web Archive {Archived Link}

January 5, 2025: Lawmakers and BBM cuts AFP Modernization Budget down to only Php 35 billion

Bong Bong Marcos (BBM) initially asked for Php 50 billion, or around Usd 860 million assuming an Exchange Rate of Php 58.11 per Dollar, for the Modernization of the Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) for this Year of 2025, but the Senate and House of Representatives cut this down to only Php 35 billion or Usd 602 million, and ultimately this is what will be implemented. 

This is now actually lower than the Php 40 billion that was allocated to the AFP Modernization last Year of 2024. 

I just find it very ironic that this Government, meaning the Lawmakers and the Executive Department are always calling out China and how they are supposedly encroaching our Territory, and that we need to defend it, blah-blah-blah, but in the End are not willing to fully fund the Modernization of the AFP. 

It goes to show that those are just all talk, if not why would the Lawmakers insist on cutting that Budget, then? Why would BBM agree to have the Budget cut, does he have not control of the Lawmakers which his Party dominates so they will do what he wants to do? 

Anyway, again, that is the Way Things are now under this Administration ...

Here is the Link to the Article at the “Inquirer” Website: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2021522/military-upgrade-gets-p35b-or-p15b-less-than-palace-target

SOURCE: Military Upgrade gets P35B, or P15B less than Palace Target {Archived Link}

December 22, 2024: More Pics of the Bongbong Rocket

Just another Picture from another Angle of the Bongbong Rocket that is being unveiled at the newly renovated Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Museum in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. I am also posting an Image comparing a Picture taken of the Bongbong Rocket around 50 Years ago already in the mid-1970s and one that was taken just a couple of Days ago. 

SOURCES: 

* Armed Forces of the Philippines Facebook Page Post, 12/21/24 – 2002H {Archived Link}

* The Mystery of Marcos’ Rocket Program {Archived Link} 

December 22, 2024: Marcos Sr. Rocket Program Blog I made in 2015

ARTICLE|I just realized that there are some of you here who are not familiar with the History of the Bongbong Rocket Program. So let me just share a Backgrounder about it and the other local Rocket Program of the Father of Bong Bong Marcos (BBM), former President and Dictator of the Philippines, Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. on a Blog I made a Decade ago now, back in 2015. 

Here is the Link to my Blog at my “The rhk111 Military and Arms Page” Website:  https://therhk111militaryandarmspage.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-mystery-of-marcos-rocket-program.html

SOURCE: The Mystery of Marcos’ Rocket Program {Archived Link}

December 20, 2024: Bongbong Rocket unveiled at the AFP Museum

It looks like the Bongbong Rocket will finally be unveiled, and in full Display at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Museum in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. I remember the first time I saw it at the Philippine Navy (PN) Camp in Cavite many Years ago. 

It was the biggest Rocket I have ever seen in Personal and up close at that time, but they strictly didn’t allow the taking of its Pictures then, as posted in Notices on the Wall next to it. I was hoping that it would finally be unveiled, though, and here it is. 

The AFP Museum has also been renovated, but it is not yet open to the Public as of now, but will be soon. They didn’t say exactly when it will be open though.

Here is the Link to the Article at the “Presidential Communications Office (PCO)” Website: https://pco.gov.ph/news_releases/pbbm-launches-renovated-afp-museum/

SOURCE: PBBM launches renovated AFP Museum {Archived Link}

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